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4 days ago · At the presentation, Churchill famously described the canvas as “a remarkable example of modern art.” In fact he hated it, and some years later the painting was destroyed on the orders of Mrs. Churchill. Nevertheless, studies made by Sutherland in preparation for the final work have survived. One such is abut to go up for auction.
2 days ago · Sutherland, Graham Portrait of Winston Churchill: 1954: 1954: Destroyed by the Churchills' private secretary: Color photographs survive Picasso Works for the documentary The Mystery of Picasso: 1956: 1956: Created on camera and then destroyed: Picasso Cubist Head: 1909-1912: 1978: Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire: Picasso Portrait of ...
2 days ago · A history of art blog covering news stories on art history matters. The blog covers news of auctions from the likes of Sotheby's, Christie's and Bonhams of old masters such as Van Dyck, Rubens, Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo, British artists such as Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Lawrence, Joshua Reynolds, George Romney and William Hogarth, as well as modern and contemporary artists ...
2 days ago · The Admiralty figure for the total number evacuated from Dunkirk was 338,226. This was an extraordinary escape, and it allowed Britain to continue the war. As Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) noted on 4 June, "there was a victory inside this deliverance" (Dear, 243). There had been, though, tremendous losses.
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19 hours ago · (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images) The Venetian ambassador, Sebastian Giustinian, described the events that led to the riots a few days after they happened: “After Easter, a certain preacher, at the instigation of a citizen of London, preached as usual in the fields, where the whole city was in the habit ...
13 hours ago · 30 January 2017: Churchill Funeral, London, England 1965 ‘30 January is the anniversary of the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill who, in our years of greatest danger, became the personification ...
5 days ago · Hillsdale College was founded in 1844 by men and women who proclaimed themselves “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings resulting from the prevalence of civil and religious liberty and intelligent piety in the land,” and who believed that “the diffusion of sound learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.”
